March 2011
49 posts
NPR Fresh Air: Public Media Peabody Recipients 2011 →
nprfreshair.tumblr.com
Almost every link goes to the full performance. Enjoy!
Great Performances: Macbeth (PBS)
Sherlock: A Study in Pink (David Bianculli review)
Lucia’s Letter (WGCU)
LennonNYC (Cynthia Lennon on Fresh Air)
Congratulations all! ^TG
“To summarize, then: in just one month, the United States has worked with our international partners to mobilize a broad coalition, secure an international mandate to protect civilians, stop an advancing army, prevent a massacre, and establish a No Fly Zone with our allies and partners. To lend some perspective on how rapidly this military and diplomatic response came together, when people were being brutalized in Bosnia in the 1990s, it took the international community more than a year to intervene with air power to protect civilians.”
—President Obama live. Watch
Retired Gen. Keane: Small Number of Military Ground Forces Needed in Libya for Targeted Air Strikes →
pbs.org
Gen. Jack Keane told the PBS NewsHour that a small number of U.S. forces specially trained to call in air strikes should be deployed on Libyan territory to help the rebels fighters repel Gadhafi’s forces.
“I’ve covered a lot of conflict over the years,but I’d say my days of combat coverage here in Libya were the most heavy of all.”
—Photographer John Moore reflects on covering revolution in the Arab world.